Variegation of Foliage. 89 



of foliage to a close with an account of an 

 embroidered elder. 



" It happened about two years since (being Anno 

 1674), A Gardener near London by accident discovered 

 in a hedge an Elder-tree, whose leaves seem'd to be 

 embroidered by the swelling of the veins that spread 

 themselves throughout the Leaf, and appearing of 

 a different colour from the rest of it ; they being of 

 a curious texture made them appear to the eye most 

 beautiful and rare." 



